The finals night of the Tony Wood doubles was held on a pristine Knypersley bowling green and spectators were treated to a veritable feast of exciting and at times dramatic bowling from the top players who were competing for the title. Both semi-finals were keenly contested and lasted for a nail-biting 90 minutes with Joe Williamson/Ian Atherton just edging out Richard Burgess/Martin Walker with all four players showing great skills on the green. Drama continued however as last year’s winners Jeff Brown/Jim Hartshorn looked set to being deprived of their title by a gritty Matt Fellows/Chris Cooper performance as the looked to have an unassailable lead of 19-12. However Jeff/Jim regained the block and showed their class and determination to storm back at their opponents and to steal an almost impossible win. The final showed Jeff/Jim continuing their fine play and despite great resistance from Joe/Ian in another long and fiercely contested game, ran out deserved winners 21-13.